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R
Shiny
RStudio Connect / Plumber
Stan
Airflow
Python
SQL
Flask
Bash
Mathmatica
AWK

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Last updated on 2022-03-14.

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Christopher J. Haid

I believe strongly in leading analytical teams that encourage inquistiveness in our partners and stakeholders. We encourage inquistiveness by showing variation, trends, predictions, and uncertainty with clear prose, throughtful visualizations, and rigorous analysis. To provide clarity we add detail; to foster insight we strip away the superfluous. I’ve worked in education reform and charter school management since 2009 at KIPP Chicago and IDEA Public Schools and I’m a founder and steering committee member of the Data Whiz community of practice.

Professional Experience

Vice President of Data Analytics

IDEA Public Schools

Weslaco, TX (remote)

Current - 2020

  • Leads research, evaluation, analysis and data product development across 138 schools in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida serving 85,000 students; these teams provide advice, decision support, and data products to all divisions at IDEA Schools: Academic Services, Human Assets, Advancement, College Success, Operations, Information Systems, and Finance
  • Manages teams tasked with the rapid impact analyses focused on causal inference and predictive analytics, including evaluations of Pre-K effectiveness, scheduling impacts, the impact of at-home vs in-person learning environments; typical methods included regressions, random forest estimation, matching, regression discontinuity, as well as distributional tests
  • Leads and supports evaluations team tasked with multi-year program evaluations, including Charter School Program, Century 21 Afterschool Program, Teacher and School Leader Improvement Program
  • Designed and delivered professional development to research and analysis team members on Shiny web applications, version control with git/GitHub, data project management best practices, RStudio Connect publishing, ETL operations, and predictive data pipelines with the tidymodels framework.
  • Implemented Qualtrics and RStudio Connect to facilitate data collection, recurrent analysis, data applications, and automated report generation
  • Authored internal R packages that facilitate access to and exploration of IDEA’s data warehouse, support use of brand-compliant colors with ggplot2 graphics, and standardized reports rendered as PDFs, Word documents, HTML webpages, and automated emails
  • Coordinates the cooperative authorship of the IDEA Research and Analysis Team Manual, which documents team tenets, best practices, and approaches for technical team members.
  • Doubled size of research and analysis team over initial 12 months

Founder & Data Scientist

Numbersense

Chicago, IL

Current - 2015

Chief of Staff

KIPP Chicago Schools

Chicago, IL

2020 - 2017

  • Advise and provide decision support and data analysis to executive director, superintendent, chief operating officer, and VP of strategic growth and development
  • Supervise data science team that collects, stores, manages, and analyzes data across our region of 8 schools, 3,000 students, 1,000 alumni, and 325 teachers. Includes the design and implementation of predictive models, algorithms, interactive dashboards, memos, and reports
  • Manage all progress monitoring meetings with senior leadership team (Executive Director , C-level, and managing directors)
  • Responsible for the presentation and communication of our analyses to all of our stakeholders: students, teachers, parents, school leaders, regional officers, CPS, and donors
  • Responsible for external relationships with district leadership, other CMOs, the Mayor’s Office, and other elected officials (e.g., city council and school board members)
  • Provide advice and decision support to Academic, Operations, Alumni, and Talent teams

Chief Information Officer

KIPP Chicago Schools

Chicago, IL

2017

  • Managed data science team that tripled in size
  • Coordinate technology selection, device management, and e-Rate process

Director of Research & Analysis

KIPP Chicago Schools

Chicago, IL

2016 - 2012

  • Collection, management, and analysis of data across our region of 4 schools, 1,200 students and 100 teachers
  • Responsible for the presentation and communication of our analyses to all of our stakeholders: students, teachers, parents, school leaders, regional officers, Chicago Public Schools, and donors
  • Encourage inquisitiveness by creating thoughtful visualizations and rigorous analyses of any and all data

Consultant

Professionalink & John Hancock

Washington, DC & Boston, MA

2003 - 2002

  • Special Projects for CEO and CFO of John Hancock Financial Services
  • Root cause analysis and solution design for Long-Term Care application process that led to a 200% reduction in time to underwrite

Product Planner

The Adrenaline Group

Washington, DC

2002 - 2000

  • Project lead on web application using AI to underwite subprim home loans. Responsible for product design, roadmap, and milestone delivery
  • Project lead on case analzying survaillance system monitoring the NASDAQ exchange
  • Project lead for team tasked with analzyzing a large mortgagte lenders data infrastrucutre and software stack for supporting underwriting activities

Senior Consultant

Arthur Andersen LLP

Washington, DC

2000 - 1997

  • Analysis of intangible liabilities for Fortune 500 healthcare company
  • Devisesd and implemented algorithm for setting hotel and meal per diem rates for the General Services Administration

I have worked in a variety of roles ranging from consultant to data scientist to manager. I like collaborative environments where I can learn from my peers and were growth and innovation are encouraged.

Research Experience

Research Fellow

Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy

New York University

2011 - 2010

  • Independently analyzed and constructed statistical models for large data sets pertaining to carbon decomposition rates
  • Taught courses on globalization and political violence to both undergrads and graduate students

Research Fellow

Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence

Yale University

2010 - 2009

  • Research the origins of electoral violence
  • Devised new methods for studying the network effects of violence on voter behavior

Reserach Associate

Caribbean Policy Research Institute

Kingston, Jamaica

2009 - 2007

  • Archival qualitivative history and currently state of grassroots politics and election violence in Kingston, Jamaica

Teaching Experience

I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching teaching and learning.

Preceptor

Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences

Univerity of Chicago

2012 - 2011

  • Teaching social science theory, coordinating graduate seminar, and supervising graduate student theses

Research Fellow

Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy

New York University

2011 - 2010

  • Teaching courses on globalization and political violence to both undergraduate and graduate students

Education

ABD, Political Science (Methods & Comparative Politics)

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2012 - 2005

  • Focused on the the uses and consequences of violence during elections, including fieldwork in Kingston, Jamaica
  • Methods included network flow models, spatial estimation, multilevel models, Baysian estimation, and agent-based models

MA, Political Science

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2007 - 2005

MPP

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2005 - 2003

  • Graduated with Honors
  • Thesis: Agent Based Sumulation of Violence in Electoral Competitions

BA, Economics

The College of William & Mary

Williamsburge, VA

1998 - 1994

  • Thesis: An Economic History of the Second Bank of the United States

Selected Press (About)

#WeAreChicago: Chris Haid

A Better Chicago

N/A

2018